slacker!

ok.. so, once again i have gotten wayyy behind! which means there is going to be alot of pictures.. hope thats ok :)

last week, we had another CFA play date!
it was so funny, because aubrey wanted down out of her highchair and as soon as i let her out she started moving all surrounding chairs around... and then lola in her highchair! it was pretty cute!

i think lola enjoyed it too :)

one night we were just having fun before bed.. she's pretty silly.

she loves lamp. (haha.. jk!)

had to put this one in, of course! :)

They were worn out from girls night (which included kids..)

Um, popeye or bitter beer face???

what a weirdo!

laughin away before bed (again!).. can you see her new tooth!? that makes 3! and, looks like some more are soon to follow!!

oh, all the faces this girl makes..

since we have not made it to the arboretum (yet!), natalie and i decided we do some pumpkin pics in her backyard. the kids were a little less than cooperative (figures!).. so, we took what we could get! natalie has a ton more than me on her camera, mine died, of course! so, eventually i will get some from her :)

they are pretty cute in their matching shirts- if i do say so myself! :)

and, finally, another little play date (well, really this one was for the mommas!) we took a few laps around the pond.. when we saw a turtle! had to get aubrey out for that! :)

little unsure at first..
then, went in for the kill!

so sweet :)

again with the face

buds.

well, that should about do it for pictures! I definitely need to stay on top of this..
wasn't that the plan i made about a month or so ago?? oops :)

i know there is something else i could be writing about, but my mind is a complete blank..!! grr.
hmm, i'll get back to y'all.. eventually :)

Pictures Galore!

My hard drive has gotten pretty full, so I was/am in need of an external hard drive before I could put more pics on the computer, otherwise I wouldn't have like a 100 I need to get caught up on! ok, that may be exaggerating. :) Anyone have a good suggestion for one, and preferably on the cheaper side?? :) My point being, I realized I could delete alot of pictures that I have in iPhoto and in my automatic upload folder! Sa-weet! haha. So.. for a few more weeks I should be good!Man, this past weekend was pretty busy!

First, Friday, I worked, then met up with Natalie and Lola for an impromptu photo shoot at a park by her Grandmas (pictures below), before I took her to her dad. It was fun.. although, their cooperation level seems to be going downhill..
Then that night my dad took us kiddos to the Fair! Got my funnel cake- yummy!! (No pics.. oops.) Collin came also, and it was pretty funny/sad when we went on the big boat ride (like at Six Flags), Collin insisted on going on it, even against my warnings! He liked it until the first dip!! Then a look of horror came on his face.. I'm pretty sure he started crying :( Which about 5 minutes later we find the kid boat ride. Sorry..
Oh, and I got to sit in my Viper in the car show! Not too shabby of a car.. :)

Saturday, I loaded up all of my crap, at 6:30 am, to have a garage sale with Lauren! Started off kinda slow, but by then end I left with less than a third of what I came with, so thats what counts! Final tally: Laura- $86 Lauren- $240 (she had a $75 dishwasher... and more crap than me!) :) This final amount was thanks to Lauren getting desperate and holding up a sign, I mean Casey holding up a sign, on the street advertising "EVERYTHING $1 or Less!!" Lol. It worked though! :)
Then, that night, Sarah and I went to a Single Parents Night Out thing at our church. Um, some uh, interesting guys there. Lol! There was definitely the one sleazy pick up guy.. nice! We ate dinner, talked with the people at our table, "how many kids?" "how old?" "Hows that workin for ya?" lol. Everytime I said I had a 10 month old, "OHH!! A baby!" Guess Aubreys the youngest of the bunch..?? haha. Then we played a get-to-know you game, that was pretty fun. Had a mini-Bible study, it was good! Then, discussion time.. then done! It was cool, I'll go again!
Oh! Then, met up with Natalie & Lola and went to this little place called Cindi's.. yummy waffles. Then spent the night, since Clay was out of town! Stayed up WAY past my bedtime (which is as early as possible!), about 1ish! Girl talk! :)
Then Sunday, washed my car, inside and out real good! (and, now its supposed to rain- of course!!) Then picked up little bitty.. then went to IHOP for dinner with the fam!
Even yesterday and today have been pretty busy.. but, I won't bore ya'll any longer :)
I'm tired already.. its 7:20 pm! Lame..



Before I get to pictures though, Little Miss has learned something new- "Dog"!! Her and our dog Jed always are having screaming wars!! She will open her mouth as big as it can go and scream.. which then leads Jed to howl! Its cute for about 5 seconds!! lol. So, we always refer to Jed as "dog" so she will learn to say it.. and she did! Its pretty darn cute! Hopefully a video of that soon.. AND of her waving! Natalie can attest to this, she was saying "Bye-bye" to her and Aubrey let out a very intentional wave!! It was crazy! I think she has waved, but I don't really think ever intentionally! I'm so proud of her!! :)

Sleeping pics! heehee! :)
She was using the bumper as a pillow the other night! (I only have the bumper on still so that is blocks her paci from falling out (that got annoying real fast!) and really, because she likes to snuggle into to.. so, why not?!) :)

Just thought it was cute.


Once again, all of my edits did not transfer for some reason.. but, oh well. Just from a couple of days ago. She's a keeper :)

Aubrey & Lola- best buds!

They ALWAYS find something to look at.. we never know what it is, but they always look at "it" at the same time- so cute! Looks like someone is a little excited!! Sweet girls..
Cutie-Cutie:)Ya know, bein' artsy :) Found herself a tree. HahaSweetie BabyI Love Her <3Oh..

HAPPY 10 MONTHS AUBREY!!
I say it every month, but, I just can't believe you are 10 months already!! You are so smart and loving, and I am just impressed with you every day! I'm so blessed to be your "Momma"!!

I love you Sweetie Girl! Can't get any happier than that :)

Videos!

Well, there were supposed to be pictures on this post as well... but, as usual, having technical difficulties! My pics are on iPhoto, all edited and ready to go.. but, when I export them out- no editing done! What the heck? Annoying.. Macs!!

So, for now just 2 super cute videos :)

The other night I was just playing around with Aubrey and was spinning her, and she loved it! She kept swinging her head around, it was really funny!
And, please disregard my sisters lovely commentary at the end.. :)



This was from today after MDO. She was being cute and sweet.. so, I whipped out the camera :)


She is walking so great now!! Even from after this video she seems to be walking more! She's barely crawling now- she is on the move!! I love it! She is getting to big! I'm just amazed at how smart she is.
Love love love her ;)

Oh monday..

Well, Aubrey is doing much better! Although, she (we!!) had a pretty rough weekend! Friday was the worst and progressively got better. Not quite 100% yet though. Up until early Sunday afternoon she was still giving some pretty lovely diapers... yuck-o-rama!! (lol) I just really don't think I have ever smelled anything so... unpleasant!! SO glad that is behind us!! :)
She is still a little picky about her food.. but, she's eating more and still taking her bottles good. She has been such a mama's girl too! And gotta admit it, I love it! She never just sits and lays on you during the day (or anytime really..) so, its nice to just have some good cuddle time. I'm sure that will be coming to a quick end once she really starts feeling better!!

And, I'm pretty sure I have never done this much laundry in 1 day!!
3 loads.. and have another waiting.. sheesh!

Sooo.. no pictures. Boo!
According to everyone, your kid getting sick right when you have something planned that you have really been looking forward to is just what happens! Sarah really tried to make me feel better on Saturday when we couldn't go (which, is unlike her, usually she just is a 'get over it' kinda person! haha) saying that Collin has gotten sick several times when she wanted to do something, and even one of her friends kid is sick that weekend when she had somethign planned. And that it really is disappointing, but, what are ya gonna do??
Oh the things "they" never tell you... :)

So, we rescheduled for Sunday.. and lo and behold- it rained!!
Can't a girl catch a break!?
New picture date pending.

This weekend must have really worn me out, since I woke up 45 minutes late for work today!! oops!!
Don't you hate it when you are dreaming and your alarm clock starts going off and ends up being in your dream and so you don't realize that your alarm is actually going off?? (get that?) :) happen to anyone else? or, am I crazy? Don't answer that..

So I'm starting to get a little stressed...
Aubrey's FIRST birthday is like 2 months away!!!! I feel like I'm way behind on planning already! Considering her birthday falls right at the holiday season.. I needed to have sent invites out, oh, last week!!
I'm also stressing because I feel like I'm trying to plan this party for everyone else's kids. I need to keep reminding myself that this is a 1 year olds birthday, there really is no need to stress myself over trying to find 100 things for all the kids to do. They're kids, just play! Yes, I will have something for them to do.. but, I'm not pulling out the bounce houses and all of that yet!
And isn't the first birthday really for the momma anyway :)
I'm also starting to get kinda emotional about it already! I'm going to be a basketcase at her party!! -lol.
Like today, I picked her up from MDO, and I was carrying her into the house, then put her down so she could walk.. in her little jeans and tennis shoes.. and I could see her reflection in the front door, and I just couldn't believe that was my little baby, walking!!
I have really been wanting to buy her a bunch of 'baby' looking clothes. I feel like all her clothes make her look older (maybe thats because all of her clothes are 12-18 months, at least!)
I just want to keep her a baby just a little longer.. please?? :(

Which, it why I bought these little jammies!
I thought they were 'baby' looking! :)and, notice shes holding the remote.. don't you dare try and take it from her either!!

Collin and Aubrey playing under the table.
He calls her "Aubrey-Boo-Boo".. seriously!

Aubrey, very intently, watching Sarah paint her nails


Sarah said if I didn't move her away she was going to paint her nails..

I took it off though! But, it was cute :)

Oh! I did get some scrapbooking done yesterday!! finally!
4th of July?- Check!
yeah, a little behind.. :)

Alrighty.. bout to watch me some Oprah! Wish I was at the Fair to see her!!

(Btw, did anyone know Scarlett Johanssen sang?? She's on Ellen right now.. not bad actually!)

Later! :)

Unwelcomed Change of Events

So, its Saturday. The day Aubrey and I were supposed to be at the Arboretum taking our oh-so-cute fall pictures. But, super unfortunately, my little bitty got really sick last night! :(
I will try and not totally gross yall out with details!
It all started about 2 weeks ago really. Totally congested and runny nose, no fun. Then it seemed she was getting over that earlier this week. Wed. she went to her dads, and Thurs. when my mom picked her up Daniel said she had a diarrhea (sorry!) that morning. Odd, but.. ok. Then later that afternoon she had another. But, she was still eating and feeling just like herself so I thought nothing of it really. Then yesterday! Apparently she had another fun filled diaper that morning while I was at work, but my mom didn't seemed concerned (She was still acting her same ol self) so.. we meet Natalie and Lola at the new Super Target, which she seems to be fine there as well, then head to the mall.. still ok, has a bottle at and falls asleep. Great! So, when we get back home I let her play for a few minutes then realize she stills needs to be napping! So, lay her back down, and she's out! Around 5:30-6ish she wakes up, so I go in there to get her when I pick her up my hands are all wet. Uhh..??? Her pants were all wet! And, she STUNK!! Wonderful.. :/ I will keep this mild, but, it was quite possibly the worst smell EVER!! As I was changing her I seriously thought I was going to, uh, vomit! It was bad! So.. clean her up, and she starts playing. No biggie. But, then my mom suggests I just give her some cheerios and something real light for dinner, so I did. Which she didn't really eat much of. Then, my sis and our friend Amanda wanted to go to Target again (and I was still debating over a shirt I got for pics and wanted to look around some more) So, off we all go. Well, I wasn't really finding anything at Target, so I leave and go to Old Navy. I put Aubrey in the little buggy and as I'm wiping it down with my sanitizer wipes (can't be too careful!) she starts throwing up like crazy!! Aubrey has never thrown up in her almost 10 months, so, I was a little shocked. She threw up 3 times there! All over her, the buggy, the floor.. and me. So thankfully this girl was standing close by and saw what happened and could obviously tell I was going into panic mode and didn't know what to do! She goes and gets a bunch of paper towels as I'm trying to wipe Aubrey down with the sanitizer wipes! Finally, I strip her down! The girl kinda looked at me like "its cold outside.." so I quickly let her know I had blankets in the car! (At this point I'm almost crying! I have not had to deal with Aubrey being to miserable before, and I did not like it!!) So, I just kinda look at the mess like "???" and the girl goes "Don't worry about it! They will get it! Go!" (she said it nicely!) Thats what I needed to hear! So I told her thank you like 5 times and hit the door! As I'm strapping her in the people at the car next to me where like "uh, can we shut your door??" I kinda wanted to yell at them like "I'm busy!" But, I just said "Oh? yeah!" lol. Good thing I like like 5 minutes from Old Navy! I hurry and get home and as I'm getting her out.. she throws up again! All over her seat.. not good. Now, I'm really getting upset! I run into the house and yell for my mom, she takes her to the bathroom all calm like its no biggie, while I'm running around like a chicken with its head cut off!! She tells me to go clean my car, so I do! I come back in and we take her temp, which read like 95.something, surely that wasn't right?? we get her dressed and while my mom is holding her trying to get her to drink some pedylite (sp?) or a bottle, she explodes on my mom from BOTH ends!! It came out of her diaper, through her pants and all over my moms pants.. di-sug-sting! So, we start all over getting her cleaned up! After that no more throw up or diarrhea, although, all of that took place within 30 minutes!! Call the pedi.. they finally call me back and suggest I take her to CareNow, but, they're closed. So she calls the on call Dr. and he suggests I take her to the ER! I really did not want to do that, considering everything going around and they would probably put an IV in her!! So, we kept giving her a little pedylite, which she hated! Poor baby was sooo tired! Finally, around 1:30 am, me and Aubrey lay down and mom said to wake her up in an hour and check on her and try and get her to drink a bottle. We did this on the hour for 3 hours! Which, she did end up drinking two 4 oz bottles during the night, and kept it all down! So I didn't think the ER was really needed.. does that make me a bad mom?? I just really felt that she needed to sleep, I mean, after someone throws up don't they just want to sleep? I do! But, I had to make sure she was getting dehydrated, so since she was drinking those bottles I was feeling more ok. When she woke this morning, she had a bottle and a little bit of a muffin.. then diarrhea! Grr! But, then no throw up and she was acting herself for the most part. She is drinking her bottles really good and keeping it in, so thats what matters!
Therefore.. we were not at the Arboretum :(
I absolutely hate that she is not feeling well! But, to be honest, I am totally bummed that we aren't able to go today! I was really looking forward to going. So, I called Brenda and she said we can do pics tomorrow at a park here in Mesquite and she knows of a church that has a pumpkin patch. I know that will be good and cute too, but, I just so wanted to go to the Arboretum. We will just make our own trip there :)
Aubrey is sleeping now, so, hopefully she will be in tip-top shape for pics tomorrow, and because I HATE seeing her like this!! It breaks my heart to see my baby not feeling good :(

Wow, that was really long. Sorry...

Please pray Aubrey gets to feeling better! :)

Will Walk For Food

Finally! I got some video of Aubrey "walking"!! 

She is getting so much better, taking a few steps at a time now! I love it :) 

This girl will do anything for food!

(we were screaming at the end because she grabbed at the spoon and it had tomato soup on it!)

This one is just another one of her being a big girl :)

(and, sorry, its kinda dark..)

Sweetie Baby

She really amazes me how fast and well she is learning! Case in point: today, she was standing next to her exersaucer and pushed the music button, and started DANCING!! She stood there and was bouncing up and down to the music! Where did she learn that??? I was really surprised by that! I have never seen her do that before, and have never really shown her to do that.. maybe she got it from me being goofy dancing around with the radio on?? She just really impresses me :) And, it was super super cute-o!! :)

And, just so everyone knows, don't expect to see other videos any time soon- it takes 

for-ev-er!!! Slightly annoying... 

Hope everyone is having a good week so far! :)

Train of thought??

So, MDO is going pretty good. But, I've decided that I wish she wasn't there. Not because anything is wrong with it, but, I just feel bad that she isn't with me (even though she wasn't before with my cousin watching her..). With my cousin watching her I didn't feel like I was really leaving her since she was still at home, but now she is somewhere totally different. Although, I do feel better that she is only at a MDO instead of an actual daycare, makes me feel less guilty, the max she can be there is 5 hours. Don't know if any of that made any sense at all?! lol. Ok, CONS: She is not with me. She is around a bunch of germy kids. Another routine to learn. She is not with me. PROS: She is able to play with other kids (even if they are germy). uhh... guess thats it. Hmm, that's not good. I know there are probably other Pros, but, I can't seem to think of them at the moment. Although, I really do like her teachers. Especially the T/Th ones, both  older ladies, and one of them really informs me of her whole day- which I LOVE. She tells me a bunch of little things, so that shows she is really paying attention to her, so that makes me feel good. By the way, I really hope what I am saying is not coming across that I am downing MDO or daycares! I completely understand having to put your child in one or the other, and really, I don't think anything is wrong with it at all- you gotta do what you gotta do! It just totally sucks that we can't be with out kids 24/7!! (although, a little break here and there doesn't hurt.. :)) Its just one of those sacrifices that I hate having to make, but, I really should count my blessings- I have been able to be with her ALOT more than most people! Which I am very thankful for!!
Ok, it totally sounds like I am aimlessly rambling.. so, moving on!


Oh my! When did October get here?! Geeze, this year is flying!! I feel like October is really the beginning of fall, which means, by mid October at the latest, I will no longer be wearing flip flops or sandals. It just doesn't seem right. And, I won't wear them again until late March. Call me crazy if you will. :) But, I just love October, and November.. and December... really, all of fall and winter! Its my fave!  I'm really hoping after this next round of rain (boo) it will cool the weather down for good! Can't wait to get out mine and Aubrey's winter clothes! :) Also this month, Oct. 10t, Aubrey and I will be having our own little photo shoot at the Arboretum!! First, I LOVE the Arboretum, just love it! So, I'm excited just about going there- and, to have super cute-o pics taken: bonus! They have all their pumpkins out, so I'm hoping for some really good ones of little miss :) Second, my birthday is in October. Which, I'm not totally thrilled about. Ever since I turned 20 I just don't care for having birthdays.. not because of celebrating or anything, because I'm getting older- and I DON'T like it!! Seriously, when I turned 19 my first thought was "oh my gosh- I'm going to be TWENTY!!" (lol) And, to top it off, I was WAY sick on my 20th, go figure! haha. And, I know, 24 is not old, but it is older. 24= MID twenties, no longer early twenties. That's a big deal. -ssiiigghhh- (ok, sorry to everyone older than 24, I'm sure ya'll are telling me to shut up!) :) 

Can I get an "Amen" from anyone else who wishes ragweed would disappear forever!?!? To be honest, I'm not completely sure what ragweed actually is, but, I just know that I loathe it. Yes, loathe! I am so so so miserable! I wake up in the middle of the night sniffing and my ears killing me. What the heck. Even with tons of allergy medicine, countless sneezing and super itchy watery eyes. Which makes me double mad because I can't go outside and enjoy this awesome weather.
Dang you ragweed!

Speaking of allergies.. not sure if that's whats going on with Aubrey (if so, I'm sorry you got me as your mother and inherited that from me!) or if she is getting a cold, or if its just teething.. or what? But, she's all congested and runny nose, and sneezing. Totally not fun. And, she has so ever politely let me know that she does not like the booger sucker. But really, who can blame her!? She throws her back back and literally pushes my hands away. Who does she think she is?? :) And, for a couple of days her cheeks were really red? But, no fever. So, not really sure what's going on. Has anyone ever heard of runny noses related to teething? I think I'll look it up. Those top teeth I think are going to be here anytime now!

So, I've tried to get video of Aubrey "walking".. but, of course as soon as I whip out my camera, she stops. Never fails. So... still a work in progress. But, she is getting better! Still a little on the lazy side though, jk. :) She's so cute...

Enough talk, here are some pics. (nothing toooo exciting though, sorry!) :)
(btw, does anyone watch SNL? I can't remember the girls name, (she's super funny though) she does this one skit where she is Gilly. Anyone know what I'm talking about?? Well, its really funny, and everytime I see or hear the word "sorry" I always think of Gilly! Look it up on YouTube. RANDOM, I know!) :)

Since my mom is taking Aubrey to MDO, we need two carseats, so LUCKILY, my aunt gave me the one my cousin doesn't use anymore. It had been in storage so I couldn't remember which size it was and I was praying on the way there is was a rear facing one, bc, Lord knows I don't have an extra $100 to buy one! And, it it!! Its so big though, I'm not used to it! Although, Aubrey is really starting to outgrow the one now in my moms car... so, looks like I may need to get another one anyway! She seems to like it though. She seems like such a big girl in it, I don't like it :(

Question: I know its safer to keep your baby rear facing for as long as possible, but, how are you supposed to when their feet are touching the back seat?? Aubrey is already almost out of room and she still has 3 months she has to rear face. hmmm..

Side note: I was looking through an article, and it was showing the average measurements for babies head, weight, and height.. Aubrey is exactly the size of a 12 month old! Actually, a little over on the weight.. oops. haha.

Here is Aubrey looking/tearing up the aforementioned article! And, all the other magazines I was going through! (I was tearing out all the stuff I was interested in so I could get rid of the magazines, guess she wanted to help!) :)

I still don't understand.

Congratulations for keeping up with my skitzo post!!

Talk about all over the place!! :)